These Pants Are Made from Beer Bottles

Thanks to the wonders of science, your discarded beer canisters will now have a second, more fashionable, life. As pants. More specifically, as American-made jeans from Bonobos's Bottle Rockets collection, which incorporates materials from repurposed beer, water, and soda bottles, plus old TV trays. Which is to say, plastics. (Yes, there are plastic beer bottles.) Here's how it works: The plastics are processed down, eventually forming fibers that the folks at Cone Denim — you know, the guys that make the fabric for your favorite high-end jeans — turn into magical yarns that are comprised of 23% recycled materials and 77% cotton.

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So, yes, they're good for the planet. But do they look good, too? Damn right they do. As the old adage goes: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And Bonobos took that to heart with the Bottle Rockets collection, employing the same superior cut for which the brand is known. That means they kept the curved waistband, the medium rise, and the slim thigh — all those things that make Bonobos chinos and jeans fit just right. Because even though we fully support making clothing more sustaintable, we firmly believe there's no need to forgo style in order to get there.